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#1 FireGamer1099
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Is it possible to use 2 gpu's but one monitor? What im asking is, can you use 2 gpu's to work together to improve performance? The 2 gpu's i want to use are the gt 620 1GB, and the Geforce 9200 (un-removable) is it possible?
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#2 valium88
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You can run two GPUs if they are of the same type.

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#3 kai_311
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Yes you can but not on those gpu..
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#4 mitu123
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...Just get a strong single card.

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#5 gp19
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They have to be the same GPU. For nVidia cards it's called Scalable Link Interface (SLI) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Link_Interface For AMD cards it's called CrossFire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_CrossFireX
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#6 Gaming-Planet
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Is it possible to use 2 gpu's but one monitor? What im asking is, can you use 2 gpu's to work together to improve performance? The 2 gpu's i want to use are the gt 620 1GB, and the Geforce 9200 (un-removable) is it possible?FireGamer1099
GT 620 doesn't even have SLI, so no. They need to be the same card too.
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[QUOTE="FireGamer1099"]Is it possible to use 2 gpu's but one monitor? What im asking is, can you use 2 gpu's to work together to improve performance? The 2 gpu's i want to use are the gt 620 1GB, and the Geforce 9200 (un-removable) is it possible?Gaming-Planet
GT 620 doesn't even have SLI, so no. They need to be the same card too.

 

I understand You are not willing to spend too much money or spend no money at all.. Do Yourself a favor and get a new, albeit a cheap card. Like the HIS HD5670  Iceq which I had untill recently. It played eveything I wanted on medium-high settings at 720p and costs like 75-80 bucks for a brand new one, atleast where I live.

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#8 commander
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You can buy very cheap used cards that are much stronger than that. What you have now on a scale from 1-100 is about 5 for the 9200 and 7 for the gt 620.

I suggest you get one of the following cards: 8800 gt, 9800 gt, hd 5670 or hd 6770. They will give you something slightly better than console graphics.

Of those cards the hd 6770 is the only one that's available new ( you'll find one of the others new if you're lucky).

This link below could be a good deal for you, if you want cheaper I suggest you try to find one of the cards I mentioned on the second hand market.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131440

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#9 FireGamer1099
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well my slim case only has 1 PCI-E slot, and the best i could get was the 620. any ones you know that have around the same price but are excellent? (width of the card is maximum to 6.4 inches, so i cant get the 9800)
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#10 kraken2109
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And this is why slim cases are a bad idea.

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#11 commander
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well my slim case only has 1 PCI-E slot, and the best i could get was the 620. any ones you know that have around the same price but are excellent? (width of the card is maximum to 6.4 inches, so i cant get the 9800)FireGamer1099

this then?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161397

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well my slim case only has 1 PCI-E slot, and the best i could get was the 620. any ones you know that have around the same price but are excellent? (width of the card is maximum to 6.4 inches, so i cant get the 9800)FireGamer1099
Just get a 7750. It'll do fine on a 300w Powersupply and it's small enough to fit in pretty much any case. For price/performance ratio, it's a good entry level card. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969
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#13 _SKatEDiRt_
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128-bit memory is going to slow you down. ALOT